Apparatus for loading cars.



No. 890,157. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. T. S. MILLER & J. H. DICKINSON.APPARATUS FOR LOADING CARS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18. 1903.

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No. 890,157. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. T. s. MILLER & J. H; DICKINSON.APPARATUS FOR LOADING CARS.

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No. 890,157. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. T. S. MILLER 65 J. H. DICKINSON.

APPARATUS FOR LOADING CARS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18. 1903.

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THOMAS SPENCER MILLER, OF SOUTH ORANGE, AND JOSEPH H. DICKINSON, OFMONTOLAIR, NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Application filed August 18, 1903. Serial No. 169,862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS SPENCER MILLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of South Orange, county of Essex, and State ofNew Jersey, and JOSEPH H. DICKINSON, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Montclair, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and Improved Apparatus Adapted for Loading Cars, of.which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is. to provide an apparatus of the generalclass of which an example is shown in our Letters Patent No. 726325dated April 28, 1903, having one or more of the following capabilities:(1) to be carried upon a car without unduly extending beyond the sidesof the car; (2) to act as its own locomotive; (3) to have its supportsextended further under the sides of the car than is shown in our saidPatent No. 726325; 1) to be movable along the top of the cars.

In the accompanying drawings, we have shown a form of apparatusembodying all of the above capabilities but we do not wish to beunderstood as limiting ourselves to this form or to the presence of allof said capabilities.

Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus in operation for loading. Fig.2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the apparatus inposition for standing upon or running along the tops of the cars. Fig. 4is an end view of the same in the position to be carried upon and act asits own locomotive for the car. Fig. 5 is a side view of the same.

1 is the ordinary railroad track.

2 are the ordinary railroad ties.

3 and 4 are the ordinary platform and wheels of a platform car.

5 is a platform corresponding in width substantially with the width ofthe car, and in length substantially with the special car hereinafterdescribed. This platform is supported so as to be movable from end toend. of the train by the wheels 6 which run on the rails 7 extendingfrom end to end of the train on the several car platforms; as runners wedo not, however, limit ourselves to form of wheels or the presence ofrails.

Upon the platform 5 is mounted the superstructure which may be of anydesired form for supporting the guides or sheaves of the loading-rope 8.

9 is a water tank which is preferably placed in the position shown tobetter counterbalance the weight of the load, from which tank vwater issupplied to the boiler 10 which may supply steam to the cylinders 11, 12and 13.

The cylinder 11 constitutes part of a ropedrum-engine by which theloading-frictionrope-drum 14 and the car-propelling-frictionrope-drum 15are operated.

16 is a car-propelling rope extending from the rope-drum 15 around thesheave 17 and secured to the train of cars, as shown in Fig. 1. 1

18, 18, etc. are four legs, of like construction, pivotally secured tothe four corners of the latform 5 by the vertical pins 19. Each of t eselegs preferably cons1sts of the two side plates 18, 18*, between whichthe foot operating mechanism is mounted.

20 is an upward extension of each of the legs 18 which is pivotallysecured to the super-structure by the pin 21 in vertical alinement withthe in 19. The said pivotal mounting of the Tegs 18 permits each of thelegs to be swung from the lateral position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, tothe longitudinal position shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in which longitudinalposition they are within the range of the car width permitting said legs(the feet being removed therefrom) to travel through any pass which isof sufficient width to permit the passage of the ordinary car.

22, 22, etc. are four feet, each of which is pivotally secured betweenthe lower extremi ties of the members 18 18 of each leg on a pin 23.Each foot 22 is fixed to an arm 24 which is coupled by a pin 25 to aslotted lever 26, fulcrumed at 27, and in turn coupled by the link 28 tothe piston rod 29 of the cylinder 12 or 13. By this foot-operatingmechanism the power of each of said cylinders is applied to moving apair of said feet from the nonsupporting position ofFig. 3 to thesupporting position of Fig. 2 wherein the burden of supporting theloading apparatus is transferred from the car platform 3 to said feetand the cars are free to be run longitudinally under platform 5 by thepower of the rope 16, or otherwise, as shown in Fig. 1.

Y We do not, I, however, unless expressly so stated in the claims, wishto be understood as limiting ourselves to legs of the above constructionsince, broadly speaking, the legs may be any form of members adapted tosupport the derrick outside of the cars passing beneath the same.

3 is the platform of a special car, which should preferably constitutethe last car of the train, and which is sufficiently short to permit thelegs 18 to be swung into the longitudinal position shown in Fig. 5. Thissaid car carries a pair of car wheels 30 which form a tractionengagement with the rails 1. Upon the aXle 31 of the car'whee'ls 30 isfixed a sprocket 32 connected by the chain 33 with a sprocket 34 on theplatform 3 which is geared by the gears 35 and 36 to a sprocket 37 on."

the platform 5, connected by a chain 38 with the sprocket 39 on anengine shaft. When the loading apparatus is run onto the special car 3,the gear 36 will mesh with gear 35, and through the train of mechanismjust described the loading apparatus engine will drive thecar-driving-wheels 30 so that the apparatus not only propels itself, butalso the car or cars along the track.

Having thus. described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. In a log-loading machine the combination with a conveyance, of a logloader movably mounted thereon and provided with means adapted to propelsaid conveyance while thus mounted thereon.

2. In a log-loading machine, the combination with a conveyance, of a logloader, slidably mounted thereon, and provided with means adapted, whilesaid loader is resting upon said conveyance, to propel the same.

3. In a log-loading machine the combination with a base frame adapted tobe moved from one car to an adjacent car,of means mounted upon saidframe for propelling said cars while said frame is resting upon one ofthe same.

4. In combination, a portable platform, legs therefor adapted forsupporting it over a car and a movable connection of said legs with saidplatform whereby said legs may be moved from a lateral to a longitudinalposi tion.

5. In combination, a portable platform, legs adapted for supporting itover a car and a movable connection between said legs and said portableplatform whereby said legs may be swung from a position at the sides ofsaid car platform to a position at the ends thereof.

6. In combination, a portable platform, mechanism adapted for supportingit over a car, a driving wheel on said car, an engine on said portableplatform and operative connections between said engine and said drivingwheel. I

7. In a loading apparatus, in combination,

a portable platform, legs for the support of,

the same, articulating feet secured to the legs and mechanism wherebysaid feet are operated to support the platform and lift it suflicientlyto allow the passage of the cars beneath the platform and between thelegs of the same.

8. In combination, a portable platform, legs for the same, inwardlyturned feet movably secured to said legs, a power mechanism on saidplatform and connections whereby the power of the same is transmitted tothe movement of said feet.

9. In combination, a car, a portable platform, traction mechanismmounted upon said car, power mechanism mounted upon said platform andadapted to be engaged or disengaged with said traction mechanism by therelative movement of said car and platform.

10. In combination, a portable platform, two pairs of movable membersadapted for supporting .the same over a car and a vertical cylinderwhereby each pair of moving members is operated.

11'. In combination, legs adapted to straddle the rails of a railroadtrack, a derrick and an engine supported by said legs, a car adapted torun on said track independently of said derrick, means whereby thesupport of said derrick and engine may be transferred from said legs tosaid car, a traction mechanism on said car and an operative connectionbetween said engine and said traction mechanism. Y

12. In combination, legs adapted to straddle the rails of a railroadtrack, a derrick and an engine supported by said legs, a car adapted torun on said track independently of said derrick, detachable drivingconnections between the engine and the car, runners interposed betweensaid derrick and the car and a connection between said engine and saidcar whereby said derrick may be moved along the car on said. runners.

13. In combination, legs adapted to straddle the rails of a railroadtrack, a derrick and an engine supported by' said legs, a car adapted torun on said track independently of said derrick, detachable drivingconnections between the engine and the car, runners interposed betweensaid derrick and the car and means whereby the support of said derrickand engine is transferred from said legs to said runners.

14-. In combination, legs adapted to straddle the rails of a railroadtrack, a derrick and an engine supported by said legs, a car adapted torun on said track independently of said derrick, runners interposedbetween said derrick and the car, means whereby the support of saidderrick and engine is transferred from saidlegs to said runners, atraction mechanism on the car, an operative connection between saidengine and said traction mechanism and a connection between said engineand said car whereby the derrick may be moved along the car on saidrunners.

15. In combination, legs adapted to straddle the rails of a railroadtrack, a derrick and an engine supported by said legs, a car adapted torun on said track independently of said derrick, traction mechanism onsaid car and connections interposed between said engine and the tractionmechanism adapted to be engaged or disengaged by the relative movementof said car and derrick.

16. The combination with a vehicle, powertransmitting mechanism carriedthereby, of a frame independent of said vehicle, hoisting and conveyingapparatus carried by said frame, an engine mounted on the frame foroperating the hoisting and conveying apparatus, and power transmittingmechanism carried by the frame and adapted to co-.

operate with the power transmitting mechanism of the vehicle to propelthe latter.

17. The combination of a vehicle, a frame independent thereof, hoistingand conveying mechanism carried by said frame, movable supportsconnected to the frame for sustaining the latter independent of thevehicle, mechanism carried by the frame for moving said supports topermit the frame to be lowered on the Vehicle, an engine on said frame,power transmission means between the engine and the vehicle forpropelling such vehicle, and means for disconnecting the powertransmission means from the vehicle.

18. The combination with a frame, of hoisting and conveying apparatuscarried thereby, a plurality of pivoted su ports for sustaining saidframe, and means or swinging said supports on a vertical aXis aroundsaid pivots.

19. The combination with a vehicle, of a frame, a plurality of pivotedsupports for supporting said frame independent of the vehicle, anengine, connections between the engine and the supports for actuatingthe latter to support the'frame independent of the vehicle, or to lowersuch frame upon the vehicle, and means for connecting the engine withthevehicle to propel the latter the desired times.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto signed our names in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS SPENCER MILLER. JOSEPH H. DICKINSON. VVitnesses RICHARD W.SEABURY, JOHN SINCLAIR.

